Google removes racist 'Make Me Asian' app following online petition

Wellington, Jan. 23 (ANI): Popular search engine Google has removed the 'Make Me Asian' application from its Play Store application, after an online petition called for its removal due to its stereotypical depictions and promotion of racism.

The 'Make Me Asian' app, which made it possible for users to make slanted eyes, wear a paddy hat, sport a Fu Manchu mustache, and change the colour of their faces to yellow, was developed by app developer Kimbery Deiss, Stuff.co.nz reports.

According to the description given on the app, a user can change himself into an Asian for a few moments, the report said.

Another Google app by the same developer, known as 'Make Me Indian', broadened a person's nose, gave them long black hair, war paint and a feathered headband, in the form of a Native American, the report added.